North Missouri Railroad v. Maguire
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Charles Circuit Court. The ordinance “for the payment of the State and Railroad indebtedness,”- adopted by the people of the State of Missouri in convention, April 8, 1865, is not in contravention of any provision of the constitution of the United States.
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Appeal from, St. Charles Circuit Court. The ordinance “for the payment of the State and Railroad indebtedness,”- adopted by the people of the State of Missouri in convention, April 8, 1865, is not in contravention of any provision of the constitution of the United States. It is not in violation of the fifth article of the amendments to the constitution, because the restrictions imposed on legislation by that article are applicable to the government created by that instrument only, and are not applicable to the States. (Barron v. The Mayor, etc., of Baltimore, 7 Pet. 243 ; Withers v. Buckley,…
1Opinion of the Court
Wagner, Judge,
deliyered the opinion of the court.
This case comes here for review on appeal from the St. Charles Circuit Court, before which the parties voluntarily appeared, submitting the matters in controversy between them on an agreed statement of facts. The court entered judgment for plaintiffs, and it is to reverse that judgment that this appeal is prosecuted.
Whilst some minor and incidental matters have been discussed, the real questions presented by the record all resolve themselves into one, namely, the validity of the convention ordinance of *495April, 1865, relating to railroad…
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